Employment
System fails to protect migrants — asylum applications soar

Is the ongoing rise in asylum applications from Pacific Island nations a case of the Department of ...  
Government issues biggest round of Skilled Independent visas in years

The Labor Government has issued its largest number of Skilled Independent visas in years as well ...  
Poverty is a persistent crisis

With the cost of living growing, governments need to pull Australia out of its downward spiral of ...  
Beggars in surplus: Australia’s university gangsters

Surpluses recorded by some of Australia's biggest universities have complicated their cases for ...  
Chalmers’ challenge just got a whole lot scarier

The latest official data on Australia’s economy reveals serious structural problems making all ...  
Jobs Summit skims over solutions to disability employment

The Jobs Summit highlighted the Albanese Government's need to improve on its disability employment ...  
Letting standards slip: Qantas reels from repeated failures

The list of Qantas' sins is lengthy and growing with diseased relish.   
Jobs Summit sending us back onto the Big Australia hamster wheel

Via its Jobs and Skills Summit, Labor looks set to ignore voters on its way back to all-time ...  
Jobs Summit should not be a rubber stamp for neoliberalism

The Jobs and Skills Summit will give the opportunity to confront the failures of neoliberalism.  
Jobs Summit an opportunity to fix immigration policy

The forthcoming Jobs Summit will provide the Government with an opportunity to focus on reforming ...  
Jobs summit offers chance to reverse disastrous Coalition decisions

The Albanese Government’s upcoming jobs talkfest provides a hopeful platform for necessary ...  
Governing for the people: Gough had the guts to get things done

As we approach the 50th anniversary of the election of the Whitlam Government, what would Gough do ...  
Who are employers sponsoring from overseas?

Australia has had a surge in Temporary Skilled visa grants over the past year as a result of the ...  
Disadvantaged frustrated over Government's refusal to raise JobSeeker

Poverty is crippling many Australians and is a problem that the Albanese Government needs to fix ...  
Full employment: The promise Albanese must keep

The national skills crisis is influencing PM Anthony Albanese's commitment to full employment.  
Skilled Independent visa category set for rapid growth

The Albanese Government is set to drive up places available in the Skilled Independent category in ...  
Dutton's negligence haunts 2022-23 Migration Program

The allocation for partner visas may have been increased to clear Peter Dutton's illegally engi ...  
Australian migration levels still lagging behind pre-COVID rates

At a time where labour shortages are causing headaches for businesses, migration levels remain ...  

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